Table B-10.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions, FY19: by Service, Gender, Race, and Ethnicity with Civilian Comparison Group
 
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN POPULATION
GENDER and ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD 18-24 YEARS-OLD
RACE/ETHNICITY # % # % # % # % # % # %
Male and Female1
White 43,742 70.47 23,099 60.38 25,930 82.51 22,312 70.15 115,083 70.36 21,339,472 73.34
Black 14,292 23.03 7,468 19.52 3,099 9.86 5,997 18.85 30,856 18.87 4,309,582 14.81
AIAN2 477 0.77 263 0.69 201 0.64 289 0.91 1,230 0.75 413,642 1.42
Asian 3,501 5.64 2,180 5.70 889 2.83 1,412 4.44 7,982 4.88 1,836,445 6.31
NHPI3 7 0.01 411 1.07 183 0.58 374 1.18 975 0.60 119,571 0.41
Two or more 49 0.08 1,427 3.73 979 3.12 1,381 4.34 3,836 2.35 1,077,031 3.70
Unknown 0 0   3,409 8.91   146 0.46   43 0.14   3,598 2.20   0 0
TOTAL 62,068 100 38,257 100 31,427 100 31,808 100 163,560 100 29,095,743 100
Male and Female with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 70.47 66.29 82.89 70.24 71.94 73.34
Black 23.03 21.43 9.91 18.88 19.29 14.81
AIAN2 0.77 0.75 0.64 0.91 0.77 1.42
Asian 5.64 6.26 2.84 4.45 4.99 6.31
NHPI3 0.01 1.18 0.59 1.18 0.61 0.41
Two or more   0.08     4.09     3.13     4.35     2.40     3.70
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
Male and Female - Not Hispanic
White 31,818 64.11 17,577 56.28 17,382 77.87 17,129 66.90 83,906 65.15 15,545,343 69.29
Black 13,839 27.89 6,885 22.04 2,866 12.84 5,555 21.70 29,145 22.63 3,952,163 17.62
AIAN2 443 0.89 183 0.59 147 0.66 135 0.53 908 0.71 285,559 1.27
Asian 3,479 7.01 2,146 6.87 856 3.83 1,330 5.19 7,811 6.07 1,734,998 7.73
NHPI3 7 0.01 368 1.18 162 0.73 259 1.01 796 0.62 94,007 0.42
Two or more 41 0.08 1,234 3.95 850 3.81 1,166 4.55 3,291 2.56 822,281 3.67
Unknown 0 0   2,840 9.09   59 0.26   30 0.12   2,929 2.27   0 0
TOTAL 49,627 100 31,233 100 22,322 100 25,604 100 128,786 100 22,434,351 100
Male and Female - Not Hispanic , with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 64.11 61.91 78.08 66.98 66.67 69.29
Black 27.89 24.25 12.87 21.72 23.16 17.62
AIAN2 0.89 0.64 0.66 0.53 0.72 1.27
Asian 7.01 7.56 3.84 5.20 6.21 7.73
NHPI3 0.01 1.30 0.73 1.01 0.63 0.42
Two or more   0.08     4.35     3.82     4.56     2.61     3.67
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
Male and Female - Hispanic
White 11,924 95.84 5,522 78.62 8,548 93.88 5,183 83.54 31,177 89.66 5,794,128 86.98
Black 453 3.64 583 8.30 233 2.56 442 7.12 1,711 4.92 357,419 5.37
AIAN2 34 0.27 80 1.14 54 0.59 154 2.48 322 0.93 128,084 1.92
Asian 22 0.18 34 0.48 33 0.36 82 1.32 171 0.49 101,447 1.52
NHPI3 0 0 43 0.61 21 0.23 115 1.85 179 0.51 25,564 0.38
Two or more 8 0.06 193 2.75 129 1.42 215 3.47 545 1.57 254,750 3.82
Unknown 0 0   569 8.10   87 0.96   13 0.21   669 1.92   0 0
TOTAL 12,441 100 7,024 100 9,105 100 6,204 100 34,774 100 6,661,392 100
Male and Female - Hispanic , with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 95.84 85.55 94.79 83.72 91.41 86.98
Black 3.64 9.03 2.58 7.14 5.02 5.37
AIAN2 0.27 1.24 0.60 2.49 0.94 1.92
Asian 0.18 0.53 0.37 1.32 0.50 1.52
NHPI3 0 0.67 0.23 1.86 0.52 0.38
Two or more   0.06     2.99     1.43     3.47     1.60     3.82
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN POPULATION
GENDER and ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD   18-24 YEARS-OLD
RACE/ETHNICITY # % # % # % # % # %   # %
Male (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among males.)
White 37,114 73.01 18,181 62.85 23,343 82.89 17,145 71.90 95,783 72.69 10,766,118 73.81
Black 10,529 20.71 4,995 17.27 2,706 9.61 4,098 17.19 22,328 16.94 2,093,530 14.35
AIAN2 371 0.73 181 0.63 164 0.58 214 0.90 930 0.71 216,463 1.48
Asian 2,783 5.47 1,648 5.70 811 2.88 1,065 4.47 6,307 4.79 924,026 6.33
NHPI3 6 0.01 305 1.05 162 0.58 254 1.07 727 0.55 60,808 0.42
Two or more 33 0.06 1,031 3.56 847 3.01 1,032 4.33 2,943 2.23 526,013 3.61
Unknown 0 0   2,587 8.94   127 0.45   36 0.15   2,750 2.09   0 0
TOTAL 50,836 100 28,928 100 28,160 100 23,844 100 131,768 100 14,586,959 100
Male with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 73.01 69.02 83.27 72.01 74.24 73.81
Black 20.71 18.96 9.65 17.21 17.31 14.35
AIAN2 0.73 0.69 0.59 0.90 0.72 1.48
Asian 5.47 6.26 2.89 4.47 4.89 6.33
NHPI3 0.01 1.16 0.58 1.07 0.56 0.42
Two or more   0.06     3.91     3.02     4.33     2.28     3.61
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
Male - Not Hispanic (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among males.)
White 27,702 67.48 14,232 59.49 15,918 78.53 13,408 69.19 71,260 68.11 7,866,085 70.11
Black 10,204 24.86 4,574 19.12 2,503 12.35 3,786 19.54 21,067 20.14 1,907,838 17.00
AIAN2 343 0.84 132 0.55 123 0.61 101 0.52 699 0.67 145,161 1.29
Asian 2,765 6.74 1,625 6.79 786 3.88 1,002 5.17 6,178 5.91 869,758 7.75
NHPI3 6 0.01 269 1.12 145 0.72 178 0.92 598 0.57 46,776 0.42
Two or more 30 0.07 901 3.77 740 3.65 876 4.52 2,547 2.43 384,370 3.43
Unknown 0 0   2,191 9.16   54 0.27   28 0.14   2,273 2.17   0 0
TOTAL 41,050 100 23,924 100 20,269 100 19,379 100 104,622 100 11,219,988 100
Male - Not Hispanic, with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 67.48 65.49 78.74 69.29 69.62 70.11
Black 24.86 21.05 12.38 19.56 20.58 17.00
AIAN2 0.84 0.61 0.61 0.52 0.68 1.29
Asian 6.74 7.48 3.89 5.18 6.04 7.75
NHPI3 0.01 1.24 0.72 0.92 0.58 0.42
Two or more   0.07     4.15     3.66     4.53     2.49     3.43
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
Male - Hispanic (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among males.)
White 9,412 96.18 3,949 78.92 7,425 94.09 3,737 83.70 24,523 90.34 2,900,034 86.13
Black 325 3.32 421 8.41 203 2.57 312 6.99 1,261 4.65 185,692 5.52
AIAN2 28 0.29 49 0.98 41 0.52 113 2.53 231 0.85 71,302 2.12
Asian 18 0.18 23 0.46 25 0.32 63 1.41 129 0.48 54,268 1.61
NHPI3 0 0 36 0.72 17 0.22 76 1.70 129 0.48 14,032 0.42
Two or more 3 0.03 130 2.60 107 1.36 156 3.49 396 1.46 141,643 4.21
Unknown 0 0   396 7.91   73 0.93   8 0.18   477 1.76   0 0
TOTAL 9,786 100 5,004 100 7,891 100 4,465 100 27,146 100 3,366,970 100
Male - Hispanic, with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 96.18 85.70 94.97 83.85 91.95 86.13
Black 3.32 9.14 2.60 7.00 4.73 5.52
AIAN2 0.29 1.06 0.52 2.54 0.87 2.12
Asian 0.18 0.50 0.32 1.41 0.48 1.61
NHPI3 0 0.78 0.22 1.71 0.48 0.42
Two or more   0.03     2.82     1.37     3.50     1.48     4.21
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN POPULATION
GENDER and ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD   18-24 YEARS-OLD
RACE/ETHNICITY # % # % # % # % # %   # %
Female (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among females.)
White 6,628 59.01 4,918 52.72 2,587 79.19 5,167 64.88 19,300 60.71 10,573,353 72.88
Black 3,763 33.50 2,473 26.51 393 12.03 1,899 23.84 8,528 26.82 2,216,052 15.27
AIAN2 106 0.94 82 0.88 37 1.13 75 0.94 300 0.94 197,179 1.36
Asian 718 6.39 532 5.70 78 2.39 347 4.36 1,675 5.27 912,419 6.29
NHPI3 1 0.01 106 1.14 21 0.64 120 1.51 248 0.78 58,762 0.41
Two or more 16 0.14 396 4.24 132 4.04 349 4.38 893 2.81 551,018 3.80
Unknown 0 0   822 8.81   19 0.58   7 0.09   848 2.67   0 0
TOTAL 11,232 100 9,329 100 3,267 100 7,964 100 31,792 100 14,508,784 100
Female with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 59.01 57.81 79.65 64.94 62.37 72.88
Black 33.50 29.07 12.10 23.87 27.56 15.27
AIAN2 0.94 0.96 1.14 0.94 0.97 1.36
Asian 6.39 6.25 2.40 4.36 5.41 6.29
NHPI3 0.01 1.25 0.65 1.51 0.80 0.41
Two or more   0.14     4.65     4.06     4.39     2.89     3.80
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
Female - Not Hispanic (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among females.)
White 4,116 47.99 3,345 45.77 1,464 71.31 3,721 59.78 12,646 52.33 7,679,259 68.48
Black 3,635 42.38 2,311 31.62 363 17.68 1,769 28.42 8,078 33.43 2,044,324 18.23
AIAN2 100 1.17 51 0.70 24 1.17 34 0.55 209 0.86 140,398 1.25
Asian 714 8.32 521 7.13 70 3.41 328 5.27 1,633 6.76 865,240 7.72
NHPI3 1 0.01 99 1.35 17 0.83 81 1.30 198 0.82 47,231 0.42
Two or more 11 0.13 333 4.56 110 5.36 290 4.66 744 3.08 437,911 3.90
Unknown 0 0   649 8.88   5 0.24   2 0.03   656 2.71   0 0
TOTAL 8,577 100 7,309 100 2,053 100 6,225 100 24,164 100 11,214,363 100
Female - Not Hispanic, with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 47.99 50.23 71.48 59.79 53.79 68.48
Black 42.38 34.70 17.72 28.43 34.36 18.23
AIAN2 1.17 0.77 1.17 0.55 0.89 1.25
Asian 8.32 7.82 3.42 5.27 6.95 7.72
NHPI3 0.01 1.49 0.83 1.30 0.84 0.42
Two or more   0.13     5.00     5.37     4.66     3.16     3.90
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
Female - Hispanic (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among females.)
White 2,512 94.61 1,573 77.87 1,123 92.50 1,446 83.15 6,654 87.23 2,894,095 87.85
Black 128 4.82 162 8.02 30 2.47 130 7.48 450 5.90 171,728 5.21
AIAN2 6 0.23 31 1.53 13 1.07 41 2.36 91 1.19 56,782 1.72
Asian 4 0.15 11 0.54 8 0.66 19 1.09 42 0.55 47,179 1.43
NHPI3 0 0 7 0.35 4 0.33 39 2.24 50 0.66 11,531 0.35
Two or more 5 0.19 63 3.12 22 1.81 59 3.39 149 1.95 113,107 3.43
Unknown 0 0   173 8.56   14 1.15   5 0.29   192 2.52   0 0
TOTAL 2,655 100 2,020 100 1,214 100 1,739 100 7,628 100 3,294,422 100
Female - Hispanic, with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 94.61 85.17 93.58 83.39 89.48 87.85
Black 4.82 8.77 2.50 7.50 6.05 5.21
AIAN2 0.23 1.68 1.08 2.36 1.22 1.72
Asian 0.15 0.60 0.67 1.10 0.56 1.43
NHPI3 0 0.38 0.33 2.25 0.67 0.35
Two or more   0.19     3.41     1.83     3.40     2.00     3.43
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
     
1. 10 males and 4 females with Unknown ethnicity are not included in this table.
2. American Indian, Alaska Native
3. Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, 18-24 year-old noninstitutional civilians, October 2018-September 2019 average.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).  The military data in this table reflect NPS accessions from 1 October 2018 through 30 September 2019.